Garga Samhita · Chapter 2.7

brahmaṇākṛtaṃ vatsavatsapālaharaṇam -
athānyacchruṇu rājendra śrīkṛṣṇasya mahātmanaḥ /
kaumāre krīḍanaścedaṃ paugaṇḍe kīrtanaṃ yathā

śrīkṛṣṇo'ghamukhānmṛtyo rakṣitvā vatsavatsapān /
yamunāpulinaṃ gatvā prāhedaṃ harṣavardhanam

aho'tiramyaṃ pulinaṃ priyaṃ komalavālukam /
śaratpraphullapadmānāṃ parāgaiḥ paripūritam

vāyunā trividhākhyena sugandhena sugandhitam /
madhupadhvanisaṃyuktaṃ kuṃjadrumalatākulam

atropaviśya gopālā dinaikaprahare gate /
bhojanasyāpi samayaṃ tasmātkuruta bhojanam

atra bhojanayogyā bhūrdṛśyate mṛduvālukā /
vatsakāḥ salilaṃ pītvā te cariṣyanti śād‌valam

iti kṛṣṇavacaḥ śrutvā tathetyāhuśca bālakāḥ /
prakartuṃ bhojanaṃ sarve hyupaviṣṭāḥ sarittaṭe

atha kecitbālakāśca yeṣāṃ pārśve na bhojanam /
te tu kṛṣṇasya karṇāntejagadurdīnayā girā

vayaṃ tu kiṃ kariṣyāmo'smatpārśve na tu bhojanam /
nandagrāmantu dūraṃ hi gacchāmo vatsakairvayam

iti śrutvā hariḥ prāha mā śokaṃ kuruta priyāḥ /
ahaṃ dāsyāmi sarveṣāṃ prayat‍nenāpi bhojanam

tasmānmad‌vākyaniratāḥ sarve bhavata bālakāḥ /
iti kṛṣṇasya vacanātkṛṣṇapārśve ca te sthitāḥ /
muktvā śikyāni sarve'nye bubhujuḥ kṛṣṇasaṃyutāḥ

cakāra kṛṣṇaḥ kila rājamaṃḍalīṃ
gopālabālaiḥ purataḥ prapūritaiḥ /
anekavarṇairvasanaiḥ prakalpitai-
rmadhye sthito pītapaṭena bhūṣitaṃ

reje tataḥ so varagopadārakai-
ryathāmareśo hyamaraiśca sarvataḥ /
punaryathāmbhoruhakomalai-
rmadhye tu vaideha suvarṇakarṇikā

kusumairaṅkuraiḥ kecitpallavaiśca dalaiḥ phalaiḥ /
kṛṣṇastu kavalaṃ bhuktvā sarvān paśyannidaṃ jagau

anyānnidarśayan svādu nāhaṃ jānāmi vai sakhe /
tathetyuktvā sa bālaśca nītvā'nyān kavalān dadau

bhuktvā te kathayāmāsuḥ prahasantaḥ parasparam /
punastatrāpi subalo haraye kavalaṃ dadau

kṛṣṇastu kavalaṃ kiṃcid‌bhuktvā tatra jahāsa ha /
ye bhuktakavalā bālāste sarve jahasuḥ sphuṭam

bālā ūcuḥ -
yasya mātāmahā mūḍhā śṛṇu nandakumāraka /
na jñānaṃ bhojane tasya tasmātsvādu na vidyate

tato dadau ca kavalaṃ śrīdāmā mādhavāya ca /
anyān sarvān bahuśreṣṭhaṃ jaguḥ sarve vrajārbhakāḥ

punaḥ kṛṣṇāya pradadau kavalaṃ ca varūthapaḥ /
anyān bālān tathā sarvān kiṃcitkiṃcitprayat‍nataḥ /
bhuktvā tu jahasuḥ sarve śrīkṛṣṇādyā vrajārbhakāḥ

bālāḥ ūcuḥ -
tādṛśaṃ bhojanañcāsya yādṛśaṃ subalasya vai

bhuktvā‍tyudvignamanasaḥ sarve vayamataḥ kila /
etaṃ pṛthakpṛthak sarve darśayantaḥ svabhojanam

hāsayanto hasantaśca cakruḥ krīḍāṃ parasparam /
jaṭharasya paṭe veṇuṃ vetraṃ śṛṅ‍gaśca kakṣake

vāme pāṇau ca kavalaṃ hyaṃgulīṣu phalāni ca /
śirasā mukuṭaṃ bibhratskandhe pītapaṭaṃ tathā

hṛdaye vanamālāśca kaṭau kāñcīṃ tathaiva ca /
pādayornūpurau bibhracchrīvatsaṃ kaustubhaṃ hṛdi

tiṣṭhan madhye gopagoṣṭhyāṃ hāsayannarmabhiḥ svakaiḥ /
svarge loke ca miṣati bubhuje yajñabhug‌hariḥ

evaṃ kṛṣṇātmanātheṣu bhuṃjāneṣvarbhakeṣu ca /
viviśurgahvare dūraṃ tṛṇalobhena vatsakāḥ

vilokya tān bhayatrastān gopān kṛṣṇa uvāca ha /
yūyaṃ gacchantu māhaṃ tu hyāneṣye vatsakāniha

ityuktvā kṛṣṇa utthāya gṛhītvā kavalaṃ kare /
vicikāya darīkuñjagahvare vatsakān svakān

tadaiva cāmbhojabhavaḥ samāgato
vilokya muktiṃ hyagharākṣasasya ca /
dadarśa kṛṣṇaṃ manasā yathāruci
bhuṃjānamannaṃ vrajabālakaiḥ saha

dṛṣṭvā ca kṛṣṇaṃ manasā sa ūce
tvayaṃ hi gopo na hi devadevaḥ /
hariryadi syād‌bahukutsitānne
kathaṃ rato vā vrajagopabālaiḥ

ityuktvā mohito brahmā māyayā paramātmanaḥ /
draṣṭuṃ mañju mahattvaṃ tu manaścakre hyaho nṛpa

sarvān vatsānito gopānnītvā khe'vasthitaḥ purā /
antardadhe vismito'jo dṛṣṭvāghāsuramokṣaṇam

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ vṛndāvanakhaṇḍe
vatsavatsapālaharaṇaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ